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I had once made a thread showing how bhagavAn himself abides by Manu smR^iti. Manu’s injunctions are not only for us - they also highlight bhagavAn’s conduct. Let me give another e...
kailAsa is mahAdeva’s pradhAna-sthala. The reason he chose that place as his residence is not so well-known. The MB however hints at the reason and provides insight into an amusin...
A beautiful mantra in Atharva veda directly referencing bhagavAn as rAma. यं त्वा वेद पूर्व इक्ष्वाको यं वा त्वा कुष्ठ काम्यः | यं वा वसो य मा́त्स्यस् तेनासि विश्वभेषजः (~ Atharv...
In past threads, I explained how Duryodhana (quite inadvertently) performed sharaNAgati to balarAma & became his prapanna, due to which balarAma is partial to him. A beautiful s...
When we see works like Manu SmR^iti being labelled “dharma shAstra”, we assume they are a code of conduct for us. That is true. But they also serve another purpose. Each of the ma...
"arishtanemi” is a name for garuDa in the Vedas. “nemi” is the circumference of a wheel. Since a part denoting the whole, it refers to “chariot”. garuDa is the chariot or vAhana of...
After rAma destroys the army of khara and dhUshaNa, the most famous embrace in shAstra takes place between him and sIta. Explaining the significance of this embrace here+
There is a close relationship between mahAdeva and garuDa explained in shAstra. garuDa is a leader of upAsakAs. mahAdeva is the greatest among upAsakAs (वैष्णवानां यथा शम्भु:). T...
Prior to killing vAli, rAma had proved he was 1000 times stronger than him. He hid because if vAli, who is highly intelligent, performed sharaNAgati on seeing him, he couldn't favo...